The plant is a hydrocracker complex based on vaccum oil hydrocracking. It has a design capacity of 4.9 million tonnes of fuel oil and will produce class Euro 5 diesel and jet fuel. Surgutneftegas spent an estimated USD 2.7bn on the complex.

Russia is ramping up efforts to modernize its refining facilities, with a USD 55bn modernisation programme set to help increase output of higher-quality products and improve ecological standards until 2020.